Inexcusable absence
Subtitle: why 60 million girls still aren't in school and what to do about it
By: Maureen A. Lewis and Marlaine E. Lockheed.
Contributors: Lockheed, Marlaine E.
Publisher: Center for Global Development
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781933286143
Subjects: Sex discrimination in education; Sex discrimination against women; Girls -- Education
Description: "In Inexcusable Absence, Maureen Lewis and Marlaine Lockheed show that nearly three quarters of the 60 million girls not in school belong to ethnic, religious, linguistic, racial, or other minorities. Getting these girls into school requires new strategies that directly address their broader exclusion from society. Drawing on detailed analysis of what is already working in both developed and developing countries, and emphasizing both the lack of household "demand" and the socially restricted "supply" of schooling for excluded groups, Inexcusable Absence offers concrete proposals for new policies and programs."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-168) and index.